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  • My graduate student days.

    My graduate student days.

    My graduate student days were fun — most of the times. I had 3 different professors — in 3 different semesters, when I was their teaching assistant (TA). None of them was any acerbic to me ever, even when I would be at fault. Professor 1: Guy Indebetow was the very first one. A cheerful…

  • You are screwed.

    Mrs GANDHI is asked; When did India get Independence ? She replied “1947” and passed. Advani is asked; How many people died during the independence struggle? He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000. Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes. It’s Laloo’s turn now. Yama…

  • some of my letters from 2002.

    Kalinga Debate. Some “debate” on Kalinga as a State. April 29 – May 1, 2002 Reproduced ditto, except, space-bar and underline. Hello P**aa, I’ve been staying in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA since the last 8/9 months and I am pursuing my PhD. in Physics after doing my M.Sc. in Utkal University. Very soon (in 15 days)…

  • Mathew and anti Mathew effect.

    I wanted to write this article, separately, as I didn’t want to break the flow of Physics arguments in the article, where this point came up. This point was originally raised by Feynman; as far as I know. If David Mermin comes, he will stick his cotton buds, and wipe this out, and claim he…

  • Happy birthday Scientists, James Joule.

    It’s the birthday of James Joule, who was born in 1818 in Salford, England. Joule was a commercial brewer in Manchester. His work inspired an interest in physics and in the nature of energy. In a series of experiments, he demonstrated the convertibility of kinetic, thermal and electromagnetic energy. The SI energy unit, the joule,…